Kodak Easyshare Z8612 IS

Snap Happy. ~ Kodak ~ Kodak first began selling cameras in 1888! Their marketing tag line was: "you press the button, we do the rest," and from that moment, Kodak certainly led the way in Camera production and products. The advent of the Digital camera did see Kodak struggle to keep up not only with the times, but also lose out on their printing side. However in recent years, Kodak has fought back somewhat and still offers a good range of items in the digital camera market. On review today is the Kodak Easyshare Z8612 IS 8 MP camera. I am not a 'photographer' and so my review won't necessarily have the more technical ...  Read the complete review

This Kodak camera, the Z8612 IS,costs around £125. I did not have to buy it, I was sent it by the manufacturer to review. It has a resolution of 8.1 megapixels. The lens is equivalent (35mm) to 36-432mm thanks to a 12x optical zoom range. The screen on the back is 2.5-inches and has a 230,000 dot resolution, so nice and crisp. It also has an optical image stabilizer. There is 21MB of internal memory, with extra added via an SD or SDHC memory card. It does all the normal things you would expect, like macro, VGA movies, self timer, red-eye reduction, exposure compensation. It has handy scene modes for taking sport, night, portrait (and many more) shots. It also ...  Read the complete review